[VIDEO] How to Break the Glass Ceiling: Promoting Women’s Leadership in Water Institutions—WorldBank WaterGP

Event: 2021 ADB Asia and the Pacific Virtual Gender Forum l The Power to Transform: Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific

[VIDEO] How to Break the Glass Ceiling: Promoting Women’s Leadership in Water Institutions—WorldBank WaterGP

25 November 2021

Author / Speaker:

Shona Fitzgerald, World Bank - Other materials by the author

Melita Grant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney - Other materials by the author

Avni Kumar, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney - Other materials by the author

While evidence shows that companies stand to gain from increased diversity at leadership levels, women remain largely underrepresented in decision making roles in water and other infrastructure sectors. Equal Aqua (EA), a collaborative platform hosted by the World Bank, aims to promote and strengthen female representation in the water sector by connecting utilities, associations, representatives from the private sector, academia and local and international organizations. The platform provides capacity building, benchmarking for gender inclusion for water organizations, knowledge resources, and opportunities for peer-to-peer exchanges. During this interactive session, speakers will provide an overview of Equal Aqua’s tools, discuss entry-points and global examples of initiatives to help women advance their careers in water, and will feature practical cases from utilities in Cambodia and Kenya.

Speakers:

Shona Fitzgerald, Water and Sanitation Specialist, World Bank
Melita Grant, Research Director for the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Cases:

Priscillah Oluoch, Deputy Technical Manager, Malindi Water and Sewerage Company (MAWASCO), Kenya
Mr. Sreng Sokvung, Director of Technics and Project Management of Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation, Cambodia

Link: https://worldbank.org/water

Geographical Focus:

Global

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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